You Can’t Take It With You (1938) – Reviews of Unknown/Underrated Movies

So... it's 2020. Life is still insanely busy for me and honestly just sort of sucks bilge for literally everyone. Pandemic quarantines, murder hornets, riots... I think everyone could use a moment's break. So, let's talk about one of my favorite comedy movies! If you've ever wondered what life is like in my family, the …

Hilda (Season 1, 2018) – Reviews of Unknown/Underrated TV Shows

So, I've been genuinely surprised by the quality of a lot of Netflix original series (I'm not entirely sure why, but I honestly didn't expect something that was originally just a streaming service for other people's shows/movies to have access to decent writers/animators/etc, some of which seem to actually do better spinoff series than the …

Dragon Hunters (2008) – Reviews of Unknown/Underrated Movies

Another French-movie-I-didn't-know-was-French review (technically this one is "French-German" like how some of our shows are "American-Canadian")! My gosh, I was SO obsessed with this movie when it was released in America. I wish I could watch the television series and read more of the comics than just the one that came with the DVD. It …

Mune: Guardian of the Moon (2014) – Reviews of Unknown/Underrated Movies

Okay, I'm on a French movie hyperfocus since I discovered that this movie which we found on Netflix the other day and a couple of older movies I always loved were all made in France. I have two other reviews planned after this one (no, I'm not gonna redo my review of A Monster in …

Writing Tips – Letting Characters Create Themselves

I know, I know, characters don't ACTUALLY create themselves, but that's really the best way to describe when the best characters happen. Rule number one: STOP TRYING. As I said in my post about accidentally neurodiverse characters, if you TRY to make characters act a certain way, a lot of times you'll end up making …

Baby/Character Naming – Names With Bright Meanings

I'm using "bright" in both the literal (having to do with light itself) and figurative (positive/good/pleasant/etc.) senses, here. I won't provide meanings for names that are commonly used English words (if your first language is English and you don't know what they mean, you should seriously buy a dictionary). Yes, I count "warrior" as a …